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To: mfish13
"I thought it was George, Paul, and George Martin on piano"

You may be thinking of the final chord from "A Day in the Life," from the Sgt Pepper album.

17 posted on 07/10/2024 12:36:22 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: fidelis

From WIki: According to Walter Everett the opening chord has an introductory dominant function because McCartney plays D in the bass: Harrison and Martin play F A C G, over the bass D, on twelve-string guitar and piano respectively, giving the chord a mixture-coloured neighbour, F; two diatonic neighbours, A and C; plus an anticipation of the tonic, G – the major subtonic as played on guitar being a borrowed chord commonly used by the Beatles, first in “P.S. I Love You” (see mode mixture), and later in “Every Little Thing”, “Tomorrow Never Knows” and “Got to Get You into My Life” (in the latter two against a tonic pedal).[20]


19 posted on 07/10/2024 1:11:28 PM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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